Re: Przeworsk as the genesis of Germanic (Was:Paleo-Germanic lexical

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> > The standard view (Jastorf= Germanic) would
> > view this as an extension rather than a creation
> of
> > Germanic. How does your theory ... work?****
>
> From a linguist point of view the deepest horizon we
> can reach in
> Germanic itself would be the invasions after the
> Tungri/Thuringi;
> Germanic breaks up at that time. If we want to go
> further back we must
> look at sets of loanwirds as far as I can see.

****GK: No, what I meant is this: if you think
Przeworsk is where Germanic was born, how do you
explain its further extension? For instance: how did
the Goths become Germanic? They developed quite
independently of Przeworsk.****

>
> > (minus Snorri who is of course quite irrelevant)
>
> That's not your call, George. And there's a world
> outside of cybalist.

****GK: Practically nothing is my call, Torsten. And
you can find support for anything at all in "the world
outside".****

>
>
> Torsten
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